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What We Wish Couples Knew | Wedding Stationery Advice from George & Joshua

Honest tips from two designers who have heard every question, made every mistake, and genuinely love what they do. We get asked a lot of questions. Some of them are about designs, colourways, foil ...

Addams Family Wedding Inspiration | Birdhouse197

  For couples who want their wedding to feel a little bit haunted. I know the couple I am writing this for. They have probably been planning a gothic wedding in their head since before they were e...

Wedding Seating Chart Ideas | Tarot Illustrated & Alternative Designs

Your seating chart is the first thing your guests see when they arrive at your reception. Before they find their seat, before the welcome drinks, before the speeches, they stop at the seating char...

Victorian Wedding Invitations | A Guide to Gothic, Regency & Alternative Designs

Victorian wedding invitations are not a single thing. They are not all ivory card and copperplate script. The Victorian aesthetic is wide and strange and full of contradiction. It contains Bridgert...

Beetlejuice Inspired Wedding Invitations | A Styled Shoot by Birdhouse197

Beetlejuice Wedding Inspiration | A Styled Shoot Some shoots just have a feeling from the very first frame. This was one of them. When Laura Fitzgerald Photography brought together a team of some ...

A Love Written in the Cards: Tarot-Inspired Wedding Invitations with a Mystical Twist

There’s something undeniably enchanting about a love story written in the stars… or perhaps, in the cards. For couples drawn to the mystical, the symbolic, and the beautifully unconventional, weddi...

A Love Written in the Cards: The Magic of a Halloween Wedding Invitation

There is something undeniably enchanting about a wedding that embraces the mysterious beauty of Halloween. Flickering candlelight, deep autumn colours, velvet textures and a hint of the supernatura...

Three Spooky Reasons to Choose Our Tarot Card Invitations at Birdhouse 197

If you believe love is written in the stars, guided by fate, or sealed by a little magic, then ordinary invitations just won’t do. At Birdhouse 197, our tarot card invitations are made for couples ...

Engaged or Planning a 2026 Wedding? Make It Unforgettable

There’s something electric about engagement season. Maybe you said yes over Christmas or New Year, or maybe you haven’t popped the question yet, but you know that 2026 is going to be your year. If ...

Til Death Begins Here: Gothic Wedding Invitations for Lovers of the Dark

Some couples dream of soft pastels and sweet champagne toasts. Others crave something deeper. Something that stirs the pulse. Something that speaks to devotion that lasts far beyond this lifetime. ...